Fastmail vs Moodle Development

Fastmail (Open-source software developed at Fastmail.) and Moodle Development both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Fastmail (rank #430) holds a narrow lead over Moodle Development (rank #602) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (40 vs 34). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Moodle Development. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Moodle Development is slightly ahead of Fastmail. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Moodle Development. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Fastmail is clearly ahead of Moodle Development.

Fastmail carries 6,316 GitHub stars across 38 public repos, with 12 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Moodle Development shows 7,353 stars across 15 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 25 external contributors.

Fastmail is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Moodle Development looks better where code quality is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.